"Clan Brother! I only have three Soul Puppets, so I can lend you at most one."
"Then many thanks to Eighth Brother. Once this elder brother has gathered the Spirit Materials, I'll return it to you at once."
"..."
Of course!
Not all the voices were like this.
Some of the younger members of the Cheng Immortal Clan also wanted to seize this chance to go out and make their way in the world.
The greater the wind and waves, the more valuable the fish—many understood this principle as well.
But while some chose a conservative strategy, others chose to take the initiative.
After all, following several centuries of development, the Cheng Immortal Clan's younger generation in Ping'an City now numbered several hundred.
Though these juniors had been educated in the family's path of prudence since childhood, ten thousand Mortal Cultivators held ten thousand different paths of prudence in their eyes.
Cautious daring was also a kind of prudence.
Thus, when the many descendants of the Cheng Immortal Clan in Ping'an City heard that the Ancestor had given them one final hour to consider...
The hearts of some Cheng Immortal Clan descendants began to stir restlessly as well.
Cultivating in Ping'an City was safe, but it also meant giving up the possibility of rapidly advancing one's cultivation.
Especially for those Cheng Immortal Clan descendants stuck at a bottleneck, cultivating within the family was simply wasting time and draining their potential.
After all, cultivating within the family and completing family assignments could only earn them the most basic cultivation resources.
Breaking through their current realm was even less possible.
The precious resources in the family treasury were not inexhaustible—how could they possibly be supplied without restraint?
Therefore.
Among the Cheng Immortal Clan juniors in Ping'an City, some Mortal Cultivators began secretly